The Australian Defence Force Post‑discharge GP Health Assessment.

Background: All former serving members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) can receive a comprehensive health assessment from their general practitioners (GPs).

Objective: The aim of this article is to describe the ADF Post-discharge GP Health Assessment and introduce a tool that assists GPs in performing the assessment.

Discussion: The ADF Post-discharge GP Health Assessment is intended to promote the early detection and intervention of potential mental or physical health concerns in the veteran population and facilitate the establishment of ongoing care with a GP.

e-Mental health in South Australia: impact of age, gender and region of residence.

Respondents to the 2008 South Australian Health Omnibus survey (n=2996) indicated whether, in the previous 12 months, they had searched for information on the Internet relating to emotional issues such as depression, anxiety or relationship problems. Logistic regression was used to examine the penetration of e-mental health in rural and metropolitan areas (region of residence), and determine if other demographic variables (age group, gender) also impacted on the likelihood of an individual reporting that they had used the Internet to obtain such information. Overall, 9% of respondents reported that they had used the Internet for this purpose.

Equity of access in the spatial distribution of GPs within an Australian metropolitan city.

Equitable access to primary health care is a key objective for health policy makers. In Australia, poor access to primary care providers has been well documented for many rural areas, yet the distribution of general practitioners (GPs) in metropolitan regions remains relatively unknown. Traditional methods of determining geographic access to GPs are limited as they rely on simple population to provider ratios within artificial administrative borders and, among other things, fail to take into account patients that utilise close-by facilities outside of these borders.

Access to general practitioners in South Australia: a population survey.

Objective: To determine the timeliness of access to general practitioner appointments in South Australia.

Design And Setting: Face-to-face interviews with a random and representative sample of South Australians living in metropolitan Adelaide and country towns with a population of 1000 or more in 2007.

Participants: 2507 people aged 15 years and over who had seen a GP in the previous 12 months.